заложник

From зало́жа (zalóža, “to secure, to rug”) +‎ -ник (-nik).

• IPA^(key): [zɐˈɫɔʒnik]

• Audio

  (file)

зало́жник • (zalóžnik) m (feminine зало́жничка or зало́жница)

1. hostage

• “заложник”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “заложник”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• IPA^(key): [ˈzaɫɔʒnik]

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: за‧лож‧ник

за́ложник • (záložnik) m (plural зало́жници, feminine зало́жничка or зало́жница, relational adjective зало́жнички)

1. hostage
2. guarantor

• “заложник” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

• зало́жникъ (zalóžnik) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

заложи́ть (založítʹ) +‎ -ник (-nik), related to зало́г (zalóg, “pledge, deposit, security”).

• IPA^(key): [zɐˈɫoʐnʲɪk]

• Audio

  (file)

зало́жник • (zalóžnik) m anim (genitive зало́жника, nominative plural зало́жники, genitive plural зало́жников, feminine зало́жница, relational adjective зало́жнический)

1. hostage